BH Consulting Pairs Outsourced DPO and CISO Services With a Fixed-Fee EU Representative Model

BH Consulting is an independent cybersecurity and data protection consultancy headquartered in Dublin, offering Outsourced DPO, Outsourced CISO, and GDPR Maturity Assessment services to organizations across the US, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. The firm has operated for more than 20 years and maintains an ISO 27001-certified team, a structure built to keep its guidance free from vendor influence.

Vendor-Neutral DPO and CISO Support for Data-Intensive Organizations

BH Consulting’s Outsourced DPO service gives an organization data protection oversight, risk mitigation, and governance support without the cost or complexity of hiring a full-time officer. Its Outsourced CISO service applies the same model to security leadership, delivering cybersecurity direction on demand so a business can maintain its security posture without building an internal executive function from scratch.

That approach appears in BH Consulting’s work with Make-A-Wish Ireland, a charity that processes sensitive data about children who are ill and is held to transparency standards set by Charities Institute Ireland. Over a three-year engagement, Tracy Elliott, a senior data protection consultant at BH Consulting, conducted a gap analysis, built a compliance program, and carried out ongoing risk assessments and GDPR awareness training. Susan McQuaid O’Dwyer, the charity’s CEO, said the support Make-A-Wish Ireland received was “practical, logical, and most importantly calming.”

BH Consulting’s GDPR Maturity Assessment rounds out this set of services, identifying compliance gaps, benchmarking an organization against expected standards, and producing a roadmap for improvement. Enterprise systems that concentrate large volumes of regulated personal data, such as SAP SuccessFactors or SAP Customer Data Cloud, represent the kind of environment where this type of external oversight typically applies as general industry practice.

Extending GDPR Compliance Reach With an EU Representative Service

BH Consulting’s EU Representative service addresses a requirement that extends beyond the European Union’s borders: organizations outside the EU that sell products or services to individuals within it must maintain an authorized point of contact based in the EU. The service provides English-speaking subject matter experts who communicate with data subjects, liaise with supervisory authorities, and maintain the records regulators expect.

The service runs on a fixed annual fee, giving an organization a predictable cost for maintaining both regulatory compliance and ongoing data protection support. That structure shifts record maintenance and regulator communication to an external party, rather than requiring new local headcount.

GDPR Article 27 sets out the general requirement that non-EU-established organizations processing data of EU individuals appoint such a representative, a rule that applies regardless of which enterprise systems house that data. Organizations running SAP systems that touch EU customer or employee records without an EU legal entity fall within the category of businesses this requirement was designed to address, in the broader regulatory context.

What This Means for SAPinsiders

Outsourced DPO models reduce internal hiring pressure. SAP teams managing sensitive data in HR or CRM modules can maintain GDPR oversight through an external DPO rather than recruiting and retaining a dedicated internal hire. The arrangement shifts governance continuity risk to the contracted provider instead of internal staffing cycles.

Vendor-neutral advisors offer an alternative lens on tooling. Enterprises evaluating security or compliance partners for SAP-adjacent data can weigh guidance from an advisor with no vendor affiliation against advice from vendor-affiliated implementation partners. The distinction becomes relevant when a recommendation touches licensing or tooling decisions.

Fixed-fee EU representation changes cross-border compliance planning. Non-EU organizations running SAP systems that process EU personal data can budget for Article 27-style representation as a predictable annual cost. The fixed fee avoids the capital and staffing commitment of establishing a local EU entity solely to satisfy the requirement.